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In Armenia, you can take a day trip through several millennia by visiting ancient sites that represent the cultural layer of millennia.
One of the ancient layers can be seen in the ancient place of Shengavit, which is known to archaeological circles as Kur-Araksyan. It is a cultural landscape from 5 to 6 thousand years old, scattered throughout the territory of Armenia.
This bronze age monument plays a significant role not only in the history of Armenia, but also in the culture of the Ancient World as a whole.
Urartian Kingdom territory is spread only in Armenian Highlands. The distances from Van to Sevan include the history of the existence of a powerful state from the ninth to the sixth centuries BC and the events that took place in it.
The ancient settlement of Shengavit is a testimony of an ancient civilization with the highest culture, located on the territory of Yerevan in the Hrazdan River basin, now on the shore of Lake Yerevan.
The ancient site is an early Bronze Age settlement, where the bearers of a high civilization live, who created exceptional ceramics, unusual jewelry, unique dwellings and rich material for study.
One of the most famous cities of the Urartian Ararat kingdom is the fortress of Erebuni.
It was built on the territory of modern Yerevan in 782 BC, and a written certificate was left about its construction.
The fortress city of Erebuni was built on a hill called Arinberd, which offers a beautiful view of the city of Yerevan.
In 1950, regular excavations of the Erebuni fortress began, which continue to this day, revealing more and more interesting evidence.
A museum was built at the foot of the fortress in 1968, which presents the huge heritage of not only the Erebuni fortress, but also Shengavit and Karmir blur (Red Hill).
The buildind of Erebuni Museum was constructed by analogy with the palace building of Urartu.
On the territory of Yerevan, near the ancient monuments of Erebuni and Shengavit, there is an Urartian fortress city dedicated to the god Teishebaini, which was built in 685-645 BC.
This area is also known as Karmir Blur (red hill). Excavations on the territory of Karmir Blur have been carried out and are carried out regularly since 1939 to the present day, constantly revealing unique and amazing historical evidence to the world. The reason for the destruction of the city fortress was a fire, which resulted in collapses and brick buildings acquired a reddish color, which gave the name of Karmir Blur.
As a result of the collapse, many materials were preserved quite well, which were covered with a thick layer of soil. Among the most important finds here are wine cellars with 70-80 jugs buried in the ground with a capacity of up to 1000 liters.
The ancient city of Metsamor is one of the most important historical and cultural monuments of Armenia.
It represents a cultural layer dating back 7,000 years.
Even in the early Bronze Age, the most striking manifestations of civilization were found here. and in the Iron Age, huge copper smelters were created, which have been preserved quite well to the present day.
In the ancient observatory, about 6,000 years ago, local residents studied cosmic bodies, it is known that Sirius was an object of interest.
Castle ruins: new and amazing materials that are discovered every year during excavations provide important information about a noble man from a simple townsman who lived millennia ago.
The largest collection of ancient gold found in Armenia is presented in Metsamor.
